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Good Afternoon. Here is a great thought for the day: As Lao-Tsu Said, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." So what if that first step is a little painful? You see, if you want to accomplish something, there are two kinds of pain you might encounter; the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Whenever you take that first step toward a new goal, you often experience the pain of discipline: the pain of hard work, the pain of sacrifice, as you single-mindedly pursue your dream. On the other hand, if you don't go after your dreams, you might experience an even greater type of pain: the pain of staying stuck, which eventually turns into the pain of regret. Remember, as Sydney J. Harris wrote, "Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable." We pay a price for everything in life. We pay the price of time and hard work for every success we achieve and we pay the price of failure and regret for every effort we fail to make. I believe the price we pay for success is the least painful of the two. When you're really ready to make a change in your life, you'll find that the "risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
"Each morning is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When the sun rises tomorrow this day will be gone forever, in its place will be something you have left — may it be something good. Follow your heart, it knows what to do." London Delicious stories are distributed weekly by email. If you'd like to be sure not to miss our next story, sign up for a free subscription here:
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